Quote of the Day: The Virtue of Feeling Dead

"Still, call me strange, but I happen to find a certain appeal in the
conviction that one is, though otherwise lucid, nevertheless already
dead. Provided there were no uncomfortable symptoms of rigor mortis
cramping up my hands, nor delusory devils biting at my feet, how
liberating it would be to be able to write like a dead man and without
that hobbling, hesitating fear of being unblinkingly honest."

News reports are focusing on the Germanwings pilot's possible depression, following a familiar script in the wake of mass killings. But the evidence shows violence is extremely rare among the mentally ill.